{"id":18357,"date":"2010-07-12T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T17:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=18357"},"modified":"2011-01-04T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:50:42","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-mislabeled-orange-measuring-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-mislabeled-orange-measuring-cups\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day &#8211; Mislabeled Orange Measuring Cups"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18379\" title=\"orange-measuring-cups_3638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3638.jpg\" alt=\"orange-measuring-cups_3638\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3638.jpg 550w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3638-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\n<p>Because of their perfect shape and glowing color the orange has captured the imagination of designers since the beginning of time. In this case, the glowing hive is cut into four perfect&nbsp; horizontal slices making for four different measuring cups, each daintily festooned with a little leaf handle. One would think because of the precision round shape of an orange that this dividing up into four sections should happen with no mishaps. But to this kitsch lover&#8217;s heart&#8217;s delight two different size slices are labeled 1\/3 cup.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18373\" title=\"orange-measuring-cups_3640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3640.jpg\" alt=\"orange-measuring-cups_3640\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3640.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18371\" title=\"orange-measuring-cups_3642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3642.jpg\" alt=\"orange-measuring-cups_3642\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3642.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3642-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<p>This shouldn&#8217;t affect any mis-measurement here at Willis Wonderland as cooking is not among my many skills. Instead, I use this as a candy and nut dish, four levels for four different snacks.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18377\" title=\"orange-measuring-cups_2317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_2317.jpg\" alt=\"orange-measuring-cups_2317\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_2317.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_2317-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been the type to naturally gravitate toward fruits and vegetables though oranges are the one healthy snack I can eat without being force-fed, even if they&#8217;re not ceramic.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18369\" title=\"orange-measuring-cups_2319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_2319.jpg\" alt=\"orange-measuring-cups_2319\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_2319.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_2319-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<p>I still like the kitschen accessory orange the best.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18375\" title=\"orange-measuring-cups_3639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3639.jpg\" alt=\"orange-measuring-cups_3639\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3639.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/orange-measuring-cups_3639-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of their perfect shape and glowing color the orange has captured the imagination of designers since the beginning of time. In this case, the glowing hive is cut into four perfect&nbsp; horizontal slices making for four different measuring cups, each daintily festooned with a little leaf handle. One would think because of the precision &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-mislabeled-orange-measuring-cups\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,165,181,1367,87],"tags":[61,3232,3245,1603],"class_list":["post-18357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-food","category-furniture-and-housewares","category-kitchen","category-kitsch","tag-allee-willis","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day","tag-orange-measuring-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}